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Noun

vampire bat ‎(plural vampire bats)

1. Any of the three small bats of the subfamily Desmodontinae native to South America, which use their teeth to nick larger animals while they are asleep, allowing it to surreptitiously lap a blood meal.

Synonyms

• vampire

Hyponyms

• common vampire bat, Desmodus rotundus
• white-winged vampire bat, Diaemus youngi
• hairy-legged vampire bat, Diphylla ecaudata

Derived terms

• false vampire bat
• Linnaeus's false vampire bat
• spectral vampire bat
• white-winged vampire bat

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